Penn Chemistry hires Jessica Anna

Dr. Jessica Anna, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, will join the department as an assistant professor on July 1, 2014. Dr. Anna is the first hire in the School of Arts & Sciences' Energy Cluster program in the natural sciences.

The Anna lab will work to understand the photoinitiated processes that are relevant for solar energy conversion in natural photosynthetic membranes, donor-acceptor type systems, artificial photosynthetic systems and organic photovoltaic materials.